Coded American Civil War message in bottle deciphered (BBC)

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Coded American Civil War message in bottle deciphered (BBC): "

BBC:

Coded American Civil War message in bottle deciphered — A message in a bottle delivered to a Confederate general during the American Civil War has been deciphered, 147 years after it was written. — In the encrypted message, a commander tells Gen John Pemberton that no reinforcements …

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